Also a Marketable Skills Achievement Award Program
Computer Information Systems is an exciting field that presents many opportunities for a student who is proficient in both applications and computer systems. The rapid spread of computers and information technology has generated a need for highly trained workers to design and develop new information systems that use these technologies to meet the needs of the business organization. The skills acquired in this program will enable the student to solve problems that are encountered when working in this ever-changing and growing field. These skills include planning and developing new computer systems while applying the resources of existing systems to additional operations.
This degree program offers specializations in computer systems and computer applications. Areas of study include business applications, business programming, management skills, computer applications, and technical skills. The degree can provide a broad business background and professional skills needed to succeed in a career in information technologies.
Two certificates are offered, which can be applied toward the AAS degree. The certificates provide the knowledge to update current job requirements. After successfully completing a certificate, students can continue to toward an AAS degree in Computer Information Systems.
Two Marketable Skills Achievement Awards are also offered, providing quick acknowledgement of success with minimum coursework. After successfully completing an award, students can continue to work toward a certificate and then an AAS degree.
Tech Prep students who took collegiate-level courses in computer information systems while in high school may elect to receive college credit by contacting the Global EDGE office. A petition for Tech Prep credit should be completed as soon as possible upon admission to Collin.
Career Options
The Computer Information Systems program prepares students for many new job opportunities, such as the following:
Computer Applications Specialist
Computer Systems Analyst
Computer Systems Specialist
Computer Systems Design Specialist
AAS – Computer Information Systems
65 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
ENGL 1301 Composition / Rhetoric I
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia1
MATH Any 1XXX or 2XXX college-level mathematics course
Second Semester
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming2
CPMT 1411 Introduction to Computer Maintenance1
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
PHED / DANC Any activity course
Summer
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics3
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Year
First Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
Elective*
Second Semester
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
IMED 2309 Internet Commerce
ITSC 2380 Cooperative Education - Computer and Information
Sciences, General (Capstone)4
ITSY 1300 Fundamentals of Information Security
-OR- ITSY 2300 Operating System Security
Elective*
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 May substitute COSC 1436 or ITSE 1332
3 May substitute ECON 2301 or ECON 2302
4 May substitute INEW 2330
| * | Electives (6 credit hours): Any COSC, IMED, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, or ITSY course not listed above, except ITSC 1380, ITSE 1380, ITSE 2380, ITSW 1380, or ITSW 2380 |
AAS – Computer Applications Specialization
65 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
ENGL 1301 Composition / Rhetoric I
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia1
MATH Any 1XXX or 2XXX college-level mathematics course
Second Semester
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming2
ITSE 1301 Web Design Tools - Graphics
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
PHED / DANC Any activity course
Summer
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics3
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Year
First Semester
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)4
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSE 1332 Introduction to Visual Basic.NET Programming5
Elective*
Second Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design
ITSC 2380 Cooperative Education - Computer and Information Sciences,
General (Capstone)6
ITSE 2313 Web Authoring - Dreamweaver
Elective*
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 May substitute COSC 1436
3 May substitute ECON 2301 or ECON 2302
4 May substitute GRPH 1359
5 May substitute ITSE 2309
6 May substitute INEW 2330
| * | Electives (6 credit hours): Any COSC, IMED, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, or ITSY course not listed above, except ITSC 1380, ITSE 1380, ITSE 2380, or ITSW 1380 |
CERTIFICATES
Some of the courses in these certificate programs may require prerequisites. Please check the course descriptions.
Applications Programming Certificate
31 credit hours
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming 1
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
Second Semester
INEW 2334 Advanced Web Programming - ASP.NET2 (Capstone)
ITSE 1332 Introduction to Visual Basic.NET Programming1
ITSE 2302 Intermediate Web Programming
ITSE 2309 Database Programming - SQL
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
| 1 | May substitute any of the following not already used: COSC 1436, COSC 1437, or ITSE 2304 |
| 2 | May substitute ITSE 1347 |
Computer Applications Certificate
30 credit hours
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia1
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
Computer Graphics Course2
Second Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design (Capstone)
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSE 2313 Web Authoring - Dreamweaver
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database – Access
| 1 | Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school |
| 2 | Computer Graphics Course. Take one of the following: GRPH 1359, IMED 1345, or ITSE 1301 |
MARKETABLE SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Some of the courses in these award programs may require prerequisites. Please check the course descriptions.
MSAA – Computer Applications
9 credit hours
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
MSAA – Database Applications
9 credit hours
ITSE 1356 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
ITSE 2309 Database Programming - SQL
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.
